The Community Read is a recurring event, facilitated by USI, to promote reading, reflecting and community action on issues affecting the Tri-State Area.

The Opening Event

The opening event for The Community Read will be at Central Library's Browning Room on April 1, 2012 from 2pm to 4pm. Jim McGarrah will be the featured speaker. (more events »)

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"The details of warfare may have changed since Vietnam, but O'Brien's semiautobiographical account of a young platoon on a battlefield without a front, dodging sniper fire and their own misgivings, continues to win legions of dedicated readers, both in uniform and out."

— The Big Read

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The views expressed by those who participate in events associated with this project do not necessarily reflect the views of the project planning committee. The purpose of the project is to promote dialogue about important issues about which there are differing opinions.